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Galego is a kind of mix of Portuguese and Spanish aka Castillano .
Initially I learned Castillano for my work. I used to work in Catalunya .Do not speak Catalán . After my retirement now 15 years ago, as a hobby I started learning
( Brasilian...
Yesterday in Obradoiro, I saw several women walking around and asking people if they needed a place to stay. This used to be very common practice, but I hadn’t seen it at all recently. I once took a Señora up on her offer and stayed with two...
My post was a tongue in cheek answer to @pjacobi. Enjoy your Camino but @CWBuff is right. The Camino is no fluffy Disneyland but overall you will meet wellmeaning people with time to time some lesser nice encounters. Bit like life itself ;) .
I think all of this misses the essential point that @pjacobi was making: that some preparation and knowledge gathering, some on the ground experience, can make a Camino a better experience. My moderate experience shows this to be true. There is...
Day 5
My worst day so far, emotionally and physically. My friend from Tenerife wanted to walk alone, which also felt right for me to process some things better.
And then there was my Camino friend, we met at the first private albergue and had...
Day 3
Lots and lots of cats! :) Many streams and rivers, I met my brasilian companion again half way, although he started much earlier, and with a woman from Poland we went to Aburin (she continued for another 7 km). I found 22 km perfect.
My...
Yes, it was kind of both, smiling, laughing and being super grateful of how Gaia always takes such good care of me. :) The meal was nice, lots of veggies. Enough for me to not want any more food today. I walked with some others and we asked an...
One day there was this inner knowledge. After the camino just popped up a couple of times in my universe, I knew: I need to go. Tingling in the spine, a slight nervousness. That usually shows me I am on the right track. :)
A dear friend wanted...
What an interesting discussion, although @pjacobi has not shown much interest! It really emphasizes the point that walking the Camino, and being introduced to the variety of people and customs found among pilgrims on the Camino, is a perfect...
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